Tonight I finished the engine/tranny/clutch swap in my baby...Now it has a rebuilt E16i engine, a better tranny and a brand new clutch. Everything's purty under thet thar hood...And it runs good, too! First thing I did was take it out and seat the rings (Chrome); In 90 miles I'll drain the non-detergent 30-weight oil, put in Castrol 10W-40 and a new filter, and repeat the process at 500 and 2000 miles; Then she's broken in. So glad it's over...skinned knuckles, lacerations, working 'til the sun started rising. I'm off to the shower and bed. See ye!
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Surprisingly not...Last time I had something that close, it was the '84 Escort wagon for my wife: Almost busted a knuckle when the engine pinned it to the right side mount. My car's done, I'm happy... YEEHA!
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Last edited by recycled_toddler : Jul 19th, 2004 at 10:54 AM.
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Hot damn! Another satisfied B12. Congrats, these cars are totally underrated especially with a few minor upgrades. Well worth the effort. I want to know more details about the rebuild. Also, what made the tranny better?
My bruised fingernail is about ready to fall off - jackhandle pinch.
Umm...er....actually, it's an N13 Pulsar. The donor engine came out of an '87 E16s (Carbureted) Sentra with 117K on it.
When I disassembled the engine, I was surprised to see very little wear. So I replaced all main/rod bearings, honed the cylinders and installed chrome rings, lapped the valves and put all new seals and gaskets in the engine throughout. The oil pump had a little excessive end play, so I wet-lapped the housing and gears on wet/dry 320-grit until endplay came to low-spec. Water pump, hoses, fan and timing belts, thermostat, water temp sensors, ignition components and such are all new.
Block got painted hi-temp medium grey, most accessories got painted aluminum (Including the oil pan), exhaust components got painted 1200-degree aluminum paint and the misc. hardware was painted neon red. The timing cover halves and valve cover raised/embossed features got highlighted with paint.
Transmission was the RS5F31A from a donor '87 Sentra; All it needed was a pressure wash and new fluid. Clutch was brand new and flywheel's machined.
Per my dad's advice (He's got his aviation A&I certification), I put mineral oil in the crankcase to aid in seating the rings. These rings required ten 35-to-60 mph accel/decel bursts to seat them, which they did. Mineral oil gets dumped at 100 miles for Castrol, oil changed again at 500 and 2000 miles, and she's broken in.
The car's really running good; It idles smoothly, no stumbling, and the power is more linear. Just like a new car. No regrets here!
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WOOHOO! New drivetrain!
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